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Avanos Pottery Workshop

Avanos Pottery Workshop

You can witness the transformation of clay soil into many objects, objects and structures in pottery workshops. If you wish, you can shop or join pottery workshops and have experience. Clay collected from the beds of Kızılırmak and the mountains of Avanos continues to be used in different areas by processing.

Making pottery in Cappadocia is one of the very old handicrafts. Pottery making began with the beginning of agriculture and settled life, that is, during the Hittite period. Since Avanos has been a riverside settlement throughout history, it has hosted many civilizations such as the Phrygians, Medes, Persians and Ottomans. Therefore, since there is a lot of cultural diversity in the Avanos region, this is also reflected in pottery making.